Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Beattie, Dr. James
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Beattie, Dr. James, the celebrated author of the poem "The Minstrel," wrote also an essay on poetry and music as they affect the mind. In his essay on the nature and immutability of truth are likewise to be found several ingenious observations on the subject of music. Born, in Scotland, 1735, died 1803.